Monday, 23 August 2010

Cousin Marriages

I've just watched the excellent Channel 4 programme on first cousin marriages amongst British Pakistani's and frankly I'm gobsmacked at the ignorance of a community who allow this practice to continue in the light of scientific evidence which clearly shows the heightened risk of genetic defects amongst the kids.

It's Ramadhan so I will resist my usual direct and robust language when referring to British Pakistanis who marry their first cousin despite the scientific facts proving the harm they are causing to their offspring. However, LM has written about this before where I hope my views leave you in doubt about my position on this grotesque practice
Posted by LM

2 comments:

  1. Move closer to God. Top yourselfAug 23, 2010 03:07 PM

    So does that mean your particular brand of sky pixie controllers will be outlawing the practice, or is this just another example of pious hypocrisy?

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  2. I saw that documentary too!
    It just goes to show how difficult it is to fight ignorance - its just the greatest Jihad of all time.

    Denial is a powerful thing - it's no wonder they named a whole river after it

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